{"id":1356634,"date":"2022-03-03T05:49:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T10:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356634"},"modified":"2022-03-03T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:52:43","slug":"sam-elliott-critics-forgot-how-he-enjoyed-quintessential-gay-cowboy-movie-brokeback-mountain-calling-it-a-beautiful-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-elliott-critics-forgot-how-he-enjoyed-quintessential-gay-cowboy-movie-brokeback-mountain-calling-it-a-beautiful-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Elliott Critics Forgot How He Enjoyed Quintessential Gay Cowboy Movie \u2018Brokeback Mountain,\u2019 Calling It \u2018A Beautiful Film\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsam-elliott-critics-forgot-how-he-enjoyed-quintessential-gay-cowboy-movie-brokeback-mountain-calling-it-a-beautiful-film%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Sam-Elliott.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Detractors would love to believe that actor Sam Elliott is a raging homophobe following his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/piece-of-s-iconic-western-star-sam-elliott-rips-oscar-bound-western-the-power-of-the-dog-for-homosexual-themes\"><span>epic rant <\/span><\/a><span>on Marc Maron\u2019s \u201cWTF Podcast.\u201d The actor received a lot of criticism for eviscerating the Oscar-nominated Western film, \u201cThe Power of the Dog,\u201d calling the movie a \u201cpiece of s***.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Elliott specifically mentioned during his rant that themes of classic masculinity that used to be prevalent in Westerns are all but gone now. Critics, however, are saying the 77-year-old actor is just a big homophobe who felt uncomfortable with the homosexual themes present in \u201cThe Power of the Dog.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the past, Elliott was perfectly fine with another movie that included a same-sex couple in the storyline. Some supporters are pointing out the actor\u2019s review of the cult classic movie \u201cBrokeback Mountain\u201d starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t really get what all the to-do was about. It is a beautiful film and I was thrilled for Ang [Lee], but it isn\u2019t a Western,\u201d Elliott said of the movie during a 2006 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottholleran.com\/writings\/interviews\/interview-sam-elliott-2006\/\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span> with writer Scott Holleran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor one thing, it\u2019s about a couple of sheepherders, not cattlemen. The whole homosexual thing was interesting\u2014they stepped over the line\u2014but [my wife] Katharine and I both looked at it and thought, \u2018what\u2019s the big deal?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When asked if it \u201cdenigrated\u201d cowboys, Elliott replied: \u201cI do not think it\u2019s anti-cowboy. I have tremendous respect for Ang as a filmmaker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Elliott\u2019s rant on \u201cWTF\u201d seemed more focused on the general state of masculinity in culture than it does on homosexual movie themes, even though he did touch on that topic as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After complaining that \u201cThe Power of the Dog\u201d director Jane Campion doesn\u2019t know anything about the American West, Elliott said: \u201cThe myth is that there were these macho men out there with the cattle? I just came from Texas where I was hanging out with families \u2014 not men \u2014 but families. Big, long, extended, multiple-generation families that made their living and their lives were all about being cowboys. And, boy, when I f***ing saw that, I thought, \u2018What the f***? Where are we in this world today?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hollywood veteran Elliott, who has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, said his opinions of \u201cThe Power of the Dog\u201d ran deep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He told Maron, \u201cI take it personal. I take it f***ing personal, pal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The interview has set off a wave of criticisms, mostly directed at the actor for being \u201chomophobic, misogynistic, and xenophobic,\u201d to name a few.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust in! Sam Elliott reinforces the whole message of the film in accidental endorsement of Power of the Dog,\u201d one person <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/01\/sam-elliot-slams-piece-of-s-t-power-of-the-dog-for-promoting-gay-themes\/\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> on Twitter. \u201cWhich is that cowboy culture hasn\u2019t changed one bit and is still rife with toxic masculinity\/homophobia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHoly s*** do I like Sam Elliott a lot less now,\u201d another said in response to the podcast interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detractors would love to believe that actor Sam Elliott is a raging homophobe following his epic rant on Marc Maron\u2019s \u201cWTF Podcast.\u201d The actor received a lot of criticism for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}